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Max Beesley
Maxton Gig Beesley Jr. was born in 1971 in Burnage a neighbourhood of the city of Manchester, England. Historically a part of Lancashire it was included in the county of Greater Manchester in 1974. to Maxton Beesley, Sr., a professional jazz drummer, and a jazz singer mother, who sang under the stage name Chris Marlowe. His parents divorced when he was a baby. but his father stayed living near, so he could go to see him whenever he wanted to. His mum died some years ago because of a tragic accident in the hospital. Max has a stepbrother Jason Milligan, who he is really close to. When Max was three, his father gave him a pair of drumsticks. At 11, five music schools had offered him scholarships. He chose to go to nearby Chetham's as a choral scholar and at 17 went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study piano and percussion. But within months The Style Council offered him a job on their tour as a session musician. He got an ulcer after a year on the road, but by his early twenties was earning up to 5,000 pounds a week. His career took an abrupt twist when he became an actor at the age of 23. He had just played at the MTV awards for George Michael when he watched Robert De Niro in Raging Bull. He was so impressed that he decided to become an actor too. He went to New York and signed up with a method acting coach Sheila Gray. A year later he landed the starring role in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Critics and audiences labelled his performance as Tom Jones in the television mini-series as charming, sexy and charismatic. It was enough to keep him out of unemployment as he was soon offered jobs on feature films like The Match, Five Seconds To Spare, and Kill Me Later.
In 2001 he landed his first big budget starring role alongside singing sensation Mariah Carey in Glitter. He then had several other film-projects and was on tour with Robbie Williams in 2003 as he is a really talented percussionist and keyboarder as well.
Max did the BBC T.V. Drama "Bodies" in 2004. This series was a really big success. Max stared in a " Hotel Babylon". First aired in 2006 was also a great success and was continued in 2007 / 8 / 9 .
His recent projects include Survivors, The Last Enemy and currently working on the hit Sky1 Mad Dogs as Woody In 2011, he appeared in a TV ad campaign for the UK recruitment company jobsite and is also featured on their homepage. As of February 2012 the campaign was still active. January 2012 off filming another series of Mad Dogs in South Africa.
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Max Beesley - what members say
review by A customer from Cardiff , Wales
A rich, funny and poignant journey of self-discovery 30 September 2005
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A Superb and rewarding adaptation 26 March 2006
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TV MAGIC! 18 February 2007
Max Beesley - filmography
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The Reckoning
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Ashley Jensen, Max Beesley
Director: Jim O'Hanlon
Certificate: 
Sally (Ashley Jensen), a single mother with a seriously ill daughter will receive an inheritance of £5 million on one condition... she must kill Richard Bury: a stranger who deserves to die.
Deeply conflicted, Sally faces an impossible challenge to her morality: could she save her daughter's life ..read more »
 
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from 336 members
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Mad Dogs - Series 2
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Max Beesley, John Simm, Marc Warren
Director: James Hawes
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In an attempt to rescue their friend, the boys enter into a Faustian pact involving drugs, money, witchcraft and goats.
How far would you go for your friends, not least when you can't remember why you liked them in the first place?
Mad Dogs madness prevails in what is becoming the worst holiday ..read more »
74%
from 195 members
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Hotel Babylon - Series 4
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Max Beesley, Lee Williams, Alexandra Moen
Director: Andy Hay, Jim Loach
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Inspired by Imogen Edwards-Jones's searing exposé of life behind the scenes of London's luxury hotel industry, Hotel Babylon takes viewers on a journey beyond the glamour and façade of the smiling faces and glittering chandeliers and into the frenetic, non-stop world of the staff.
74%
from 259 members
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Survivors - Series 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Julie Graham, Phillip Rhys, Zoe Tapper
Director: David Evans, Jamie Payne
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A chilling reinvention of the unforgettable 1970s series - written by Primeval writer, Adrian Hodges and based on Terry Nation's original novel. Left bewildered and numb, untouched by a virus that had swept across the world destroying all but a random selection of desperate souls, these are the '..read more »
78%
from 852 members
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Survivors
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Julie Graham, Phillip Rhys, Zoe Tapper
Director: John Alexander, Andrew Gunn
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Imagine being the only survivor of a disease that kills every member of your family; that kills friends, lovers, nearly everyone you have ever met... You are among the lonely few to live and now you must survive in a strange new world where things that were once safe are made disturbing and unsafe -..read more »
74%
from 2,210 members
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London Ink - Series 2 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Max Beesley
Director: none
Certificate: 
From the makers of MIAMI INK, LONDON INK brings tattooing home and offers an in depth look into the colourful and often painful world of tattoo art. In the first series Louis Molloy moved from his base in Manchester, down to London to set up 'the most talked about tattoo studio in Britain'. This ..read more »
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from 44 members
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London Ink - Series 1 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: max beesley (narr.), Max Beesley, Louis Molloy
Director: none
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From the makers of MIAMI INK, LONDON INK brings tattooing home and offers an in depth look into the colourful and often painful world of tattoo art. Louis Molloy moves from his base in Manchester, down to London to set up 'the most talked about tattoo studio in Britain'. This release features the ..read more »
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from 165 members
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The Last Enemy
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Beesley
Director: Iain B. MacDonald
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When the reclusive Stephen Ezard (Cumberbatch) returns to London for the funeral of his brother Michael (Beesley), he feels like a stranger in his own country. National security fears have transformed Britain into a security state where ID cards are compulsory and armed police patrol the streets. ..read more »
64%
from 535 members
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Hustle - Season 3
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Robert Vaughn, Adrian Lester, Robert Glenister
Director: Otto Bathurst
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Set beneath the grey skies of London, HUSTLE follows the exploits of five grifters (played by Adrian Lester, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister, Marc Warren, and Robert Vaughn). This ambitious group of conmen (and woman) are no small-time crooks either; they've got much loftier goals which play out as ..read more »
84%
from 2,747 members
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Bloodlines - E02
(2005)
Starring: Emma Pierson, Kevin McNally, Robert Pugh
Director: Philip Martin
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After her mum is found dead from an overdose, her daughter, a cocky uniformed cop, goes to tell her dad, who's banged up for murder, but he's just been released. When the post mortem finds its asphyxiation, she compromises her fellow cop's investigation by rash actions against procedure. Part 2.
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Bloodlines - E01
(2005)
Starring: Emma Pierson, Kevin McNally, Robert Pugh
Director: Philip Martin
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After her mum is found dead from an overdose, her daughter, a cocky uniformed cop, goes to tell her dad, who's banged up for murder, but he's just been released. When the post mortem finds it's asphyxiation, she compromises her fellow cop's investigation by rash actions against procedure. Part 1.
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Bodies - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Patrick Baladi, Max Beesley, Keith Allen
Director: John Strickland
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Rob Lake, a new recruit in a maternity unit begins to suspect his superior's negligence and soon realises that it's going to be tough getting his voice heard. Someone else had previously voiced concerns and rather than initiate a formal investigation into the department head's practices, the ..read more »
77%
from 1,499 member
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Anita And Me
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Max Beesley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kathy Burke
Director: Metin Huseyin
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ANITA & ME is a charming, comic look back at the 1970s based on the autobiographical novel by Meera Syal, who also stars in the film as her own aunt. Set in 1972, Meena is a twelve year old girl born to Indian parents whose life is turned upside down when she befriends an outrageous fourteen year ..read more »
58%
from 2,853 members
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Kill Me Later
(2001)
Starring: Selma Blair, Max Beesley, O'Neal Compton
Director: Dana Lustig
Certificate: 
Her goldfish dead, her lover exposed as a rat, Shawn Holloway leaves her bank post and goes to the roof intent on suicide. Before she can leap, she's taken hostage by Charlie Anders, a fleeing bank robber.
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from 9 members
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The Last Minute
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Max Beesley, Stephen Graham, Stephen Dorff
Director: Stephen Norrington
Certificate: 
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LAST MINUTE is a dark comedy that exudes a well-defined feeling of outlandish exaggeration and startling truth in one smoothly paced motion. Directed by Stephen Norrington (BLADE) and set in London, it is the story of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley), a self-obsessed up-and-coming star. Working as an ..read more »
43%
from 224 members
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Glitter
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Dashon Howard
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Certificate: 
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The story of Billie Frank, a young and talented singer trying to make the big time in New York. Her big break comes in the form of DJ and record producer, Julian Dice and what follows is a relationship between the two.
51%
from 672 members
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Hotel
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, David Schwimmer, Salma Hayek
Director: Mike Figgis
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An experimental and challenging film from director Mike Figgis, HOTEL follows a movie crew in Venice filming a version of THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, which is in turn filmed by a documentary filmmaker. One of the movies ends in a bloodbath of torture, carnage, and cannibalism. But which one
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from 665 members
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It Was An Accident
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Max Beesley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sidh Solanki
Director: Metin Huseyin
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Nicky (Chjwetel Ejiofor) has just been released from prison. However, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. After a series of bizarre incidents, both cops and criminals are out to get him--and all he wants to do is meet up with his dream girl, Noreen (Thandie Newton).
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from 119 members
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The Match
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Max Beesley, Ian Holm
Director: Mick Davis
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A romantic comedy which follows Wullie Smith and his love for Rosemary Bailey. To win her over he must help a team of misfits win their yearly football match against an opposing pub team.
59%
from 289 members
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Five Seconds To Spare
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Max Beesley, Valentina Cervi
Director: Tom Connolly
Certificate:
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William (Max Beesley) is a young musician who dreams of making it big with his rock band The Alaska Factory. But his bandmates want him to write more commercial music, and their frightening record producer Vincent (Ray Winstone) seems to be sliding further into drug-addicted instability. William's ..read more »
43%
from 245 members
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Tom Jones
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Max Beesley, Samantha Morton, James D'Arcy
Director: Metin Huseyin
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A ribald and rowdy romp through the mansions and taverns of Georgian England. Henry Fielding's fallen hero bed-hops his way out of a good home and almost into a hangman's noose, via a series of misadventures and misunderstandings. This big budget production boasts a strong supporting cast.
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from 835 members
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Talk To Me
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Max Beesley, Laura Fraser, Kate Ashfield
Director: Dearbhla Walsh
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In Talk To Me - Complete First Series Max Beesley is Mitch Moore: a DJ with a charm that women simply can't resist. He hosts a late-night phone-in on London radio station Life FM, dispensing glib and sometimes controversial solutions to callers' problems. Women love him and he knows it--all it ..read more »
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from 196 members
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Max Beesley facts
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...ve), hippy vicar Uncle Alan (Mark Williams) and aspiring rock star Hairy Neddy (Max Beesley).
The story never feels contrived and does not rely on stereotypes, but at t...
